FUN WITH MAPS – ISSUE 2022-204 DAILY FEATURE:

By Steve Kovacs (Introduction by Chuck Gibson)

LOVELAND, OH (November 16, 2022) – In Issue 2022-204 of Steve Kovacs Fun with Maps, we learn the history of a “hot mess”.

Chaos

From yesterday’s Land of Confusion, today we present Chaos.

As is often the case for the losing side at the end of a large war, Hungary was thrown into chaos after its defeat in World War I.  Multiple governments were formed and quickly dissolved.

The government in power for longest was the Hungarian People’s Republic from November 16, 1918 to August 8, 1919.  It was not recognized internationally.

And to add to the chaos there was a 133 day period when the folks running the Hungarian Soviet Republic also claimed to be in power until August 1, 1919.   

Order was restored, to an extent, with the formation of the Kingdom of Hungary again in 1920.The Kingdom existed during most of the second millennium.  Then, after Hungary’s repeat defeat in the next big war, the Hungarian People’s Republic came to power again in 1949 only to fall peacefully in 1989.  

This handsome topographical map created by Pokornyi in 1899 shows Hungary as it existed before all that turmoil.  After World War I, Hungary shrunk close to its current size; giving up about 75% of its territory in the process.

Steve Kovacs and his wife Theresa reside in Loveland, Ohio where they raised their two children. He is a passionate collector of antique maps.

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